NEWS 2020/10/30
Old bands seem to always be reforming and coming back these days. It was still a surprise, though, to hear that Mr Bungle were getting back together, 20 years since their last record – the Mike Patton-fronted experimental metal group released three excellent genre-bending albums in the 90s, and then went their separate ways. In the years since, there was little talk of a reunion as the band members moved on to pastures new. So when they announced new shows in LA at the beginning of the year, fans got really excited. But then, some became confused. Mr Bungle announced two new members – Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo – then announced at the LA shows that they were only going to play songs from one of their first releases, 1986’s thrash metal d...